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“THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE

THEIR GOD”

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ZECHARIAH “THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD”

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CONTENTS

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1 LESSON ONE: Overview

7 LESSON TWO: Zechariah 1–2

19 LESSON THREE: Zechariah 3–4

29 LESSON FOUR: Zechariah 5–6

41 LESSON FIVE: Zechariah 7–8

51 LESSON SIX: Zechariah 9–11

69 LESSON SEVEN: Zechariah 12–14

A P P E N D I X

85 Zechariah Observation Worksheets

113 “Zechariah at a Glance”

115 “The Rulers and Prophets of Zechariah”

117 “The Visions of Zechariah”

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H E L P F U L S T U D Y T O O L S

ARTHUR, KAY; ARTHUR, DAVID; DE LACY, PETE

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GAEBELEIN, FRANK E. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 7, Daniel and the Minor Prophets Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1992

FEINBERG, CHARLES L. The Minor Prophets Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1952

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Lesson 1, Overview

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LESSON ONE Overview The following located in the Appendix:

Observation Worksheets of Zechariah 1–14 “Zechariah at a Glance” “The Rulers and Prophets of Zechariah”

God says “Return to Me”— But honestly would it really change things?

After His resurrection, Jesus walked with two men on the road to Emmaus, explaining to them the things concerning Himself in the Scriptures, beginning with Moses and all the prophets. Do you wonder how long He spent in each of the various prophets? You are about to study an incredible book that contains more prophecies about the first and second comings of Jesus Christ than any of the other Old Testament prophets, except Isaiah. How enriched you are about to become spiritually! Strengthened! Enlightened! Equipped and prepared for the days that lie before us—days that seem to get closer and closer to fulfillment. Prepared to live with understanding rather than fear. Prepared to share with others what is coming for Israel and Jerusalem and how it will affect every nation on earth. But know this, beloved of God, your study of Zechariah will not go unchallenged. Zechariah is a critical book to know in these last days, but it will take diligence and perseverance. Be prepared. God calls us all to make disciples. Answer the call so you’ll hear His “Well done.” And know we are praying for you. Promise God to give Him the next seven weeks to teach you by His Spirit the truths of this book so that you will know in greater detail the things which will surely come to pass.

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Lesson 1, Overview

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1. This week we’ll get an overview of Zechariah, to set the stage for our detailed study of each chapter. Think of this as a view of the ground from an airplane—you don’t see a lot of detail, but you do see the major features like cities, lakes, rivers, mountains. This provides you with the context for what you’ll see later after you land. In a prophetic book of the Bible, the overview involves reading the whole book to see the big picture, the broad sweep of the message, leaving the details to later lessons. The key tool will be constructing the chart, “Zechariah at a Glance,” found in the Appendix.

2. Since Zechariah has fourteen chapters, we’ll divide our overview work over five days so that we don’t overwhelm you. We’ll fill in “Zechariah at a Glance” as we go; then at the end, you’ll be able to look back at all the chapters and see how they fit together, and what common subjects or other features there are.

3. As we share with our students, it’s always good to talk to the ultimate Author of the Word of God before studying any of sixty-six books that He has written—books He’s preserved in His sovereignty so that people might know Him—and seek His wisdom and understanding as you begin each day’s study. So develop the habit of beginning your study in prayer.

a. In historical and prophetic books, references to time give us a sequence of what is happening. Note when the book opens. Refer to the chart, “The Rulers and Prophets of Zechariah,” found in the Appendix, and note what year this is. Find the Darius who rules in the time of Zechariah and relate Zechariah 1:1 to the chart; then record the date of writing beside Zechariah 1:1 and on “Zechariah at a Glance.”

b. As you study, marking time references is helpful. Some of us do that with a green circle and a green squiggly line so that the entire time phrase stands out distinctively in the text. This is something you’ll want to do through all fourteen chapters.

c. Another time reference that is a bit different is in that day. We suggest you use a special marking for that, not like the green circle and squiggly line. You’ll see how important this is in later chapters.

4. Marking the text helps you slow down and read with a purpose. It keeps your focus on the obvious things that build the basis for later detailed study. Now read through chapters 1–3, marking time references and every reference to Zechariah seeing something; for example, “I saw at night” (1:8), “I lifted up my eyes and looked,” or “he showed me . . . .” Mark it in a special way so it will “pop” on the page. Each of these represents a vision. Each vision has a central “character” that the vision is about. You might write that in the margin of your Observation Worksheet and/or in your Bible.

DAY ONE

Zechariah

Lesson 1, Overview


5. You’ll also see a phrase that continues through the book, “the word of the Lord came to”—sometimes it says “Zechariah” and sometimes the text says “me.” Just underline or highlight this phrase.

6. If you note repeated events, subjects, or thoughts, list them on the sheet provided at the end of this lesson. Include chapters and verse numbers.

7. Now summarize the content of each of these chapters in a few words—concisely describing what the chapter is about. Then record this on the line at the top of the Observation Worksheet and on “Zechariah at a Glance.” You may want to do this in pencil so that you can adjust them later if needed when you study these chapters in more depth.

If you are a first-timer, welcome. We are thrilled to have you—you are an answer to prayer. We are asking God for “disciples” who are serious about their relationship to Jesus Christ. This is going to be a life-changing experience.

1. Today we’ll continue the overview process, covering chapters 4–6. The

instructions are the same as yesterday—as you read, mark time references and expressions that indicate Zechariah had a vision—he looked and saw something. Don’t forget to note the central “character” in each of these in the margin of your Observation Worksheets and/or in your Bible.

2. Note the main idea of the “word of the Lord” that came to Zechariah starting in Zechariah 6:9. It’s not a “vision” but it’s an important part of this chapter.

3. And as you did yesterday, summarize the content of each chapter, from the visions, or the “word” that came to Zechariah, recording these on “Zechariah at a Glance.” Also, add to your repeated events, subjects, and thoughts list.

1. Read Zechariah 7:1 and mark the time phrase. Compare this with Zechariah

1:1 and 1:7. How much time has passed?

2. Now read Zechariah 7–8 and mark key phrases as we have been doing. As you read and mark, take note of any differences you see in these chapters from the first six chapters. Don’t miss the reference to in those days, a synonym for in that day.

3. Summarize each chapter as you have been doing and add this information to “Zechariah at a Glance.” Use the main subjects of the messages as your key to summarizing. Don’t forget to list any repeated events, subjects, or thoughts from the text.

DAYTWO

DAY THREE

Zechariah

Lesson 1, Overview


1. Now read Zechariah 9–11 and mark key phrases as we have been doing, including in that day.

2. Summarize each chapter as you have been doing and add this information to “Zechariah at a Glance.” Use the main subjects of the messages as your key to summarizing. Have you seen additional repetition of events, subjects, or thoughts? Add them to your list.

1. Now read Zechariah 12–14, marking key words and phrases as usual.

2. In chapter 12, note the different wording as the chapter starts.

3. Summarize each chapter as you have been doing and add this information to “Zechariah at a Glance.” Use the main subjects of the messages as your key to summarizing. Add to your list of repeated events, subjects, or thoughts.

4. Now look at “Zechariah at a Glance,” and see if there are common subjects that span several chapters. These are what we call segments. Segments can be identified or divided by common subject, person, time, or other things. What do you see? Hint: look at where the visions are. In one of the columns under “Segment Divisions,” fill in the segments you see. Draw horizontal lines to show where one segment ends and another begins. If you see more than one way the book segments, use the additional column.

Oh how you are going to appreciate having done an overview of Zechariah! It’s such an awesome book and now, having the big picture, when you come down for a closer look, you’ll be able to see what God is doing and how it all weaves together in an incredible tapestry of truth. Truths . . . details that you won’t find in any other Old Testament book.

DAYFOUR

DAYFIVE

Zechariah

Lesson 2, Chapters 1–2


REPEATED EVENTS AND SUBJECTS IN ZECHARIAH

Zechariah

Lesson 1, Overview


Zechariah

Chapter 1


Zechariah 1 Observation Worksheet

Chapter Theme _________________________________________________________________

IN the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD

came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo

saying,

2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

3 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Return to Me,”

declares the LORD of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the LORD of

hosts.

4 “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed,

saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways

and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,”

declares the LORD.

5 “Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

6 “But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My

servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and

said, ‘As the LORD of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our

ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month

Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to

Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:

8 I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was

standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red,

sorrel and white horses behind him.

9 Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” And the angel who was

speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”

10 And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and

said, “These are those whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”

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11 So they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the

myrtle trees and said, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the

earth is peaceful and quiet.”

12 Then the angel of the LORD said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You

have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which

You have been indignant these seventy years?”

13 The LORD answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious

words, comforting words.

14 So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying,

‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem

and Zion.

15 “But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was

only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

16 ‘Therefore thus says the LORD, “I will return to Jerusalem with

compassion; My house will be built in it,” declares the LORD of hosts,

“and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.” ’

17 “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “My cities will

again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion

and again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”

18 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

19 So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?”

And he answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah,

Israel and Jerusalem.”

20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

21 I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the

horns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but

these craftsmen have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of

the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in

order to scatter it.”

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Chapter 2



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THEN I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a

measuring line in his hand.

2 So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure

Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”

3 And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and

another angel was coming out to meet him,

4 and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will

be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle

within it.

5 ‘For I,’ declares the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be

the glory in her midst.’ ”

6 “Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have

dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.

7 “Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, “After glory He has sent Me against the

nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of

His eye.

9 “For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder

for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.

10 “Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and

I will dwell in your midst,” declares the LORD.

11 “Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will

become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know

that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

12 “The LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will

again choose Jerusalem.

13 “Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy

habitation.”

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Chapter 2


Zechariah

Chapter 3



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THEN he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of

the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

2 The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the

LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand

plucked from the fire?”

3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the

angel.

4 He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying,

“Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I

have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal

robes.”

5 Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a

clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the

angel of the LORD was standing by.

6 And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying,

7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you

will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also

have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these

who are standing here.

8 ‘Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting

in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I

am going to bring in My servant the Branch.

9 ‘For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are

seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the

LORD of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

10 ‘In that day,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite

his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”


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THEN the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a

man who is awakened from his sleep.

2 He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a

lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps

on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the

top of it;

3 also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other

on its left side.”

4 Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are

these, my lord?”

5 So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do

you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel

saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD

of hosts.

7 ‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a

plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace

to it!” ’ ”

8 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and

his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has

sent me to you.

10 “For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be

glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are

the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

11 Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the

lampstand and on its left?”

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12 And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two

olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the

golden oil from themselves?”

13 So he answered me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I

said, “No, my lord.”

14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing by the

Lord of the whole earth.”

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Chapter 5



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THEN I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a

flying scroll.

2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying

scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”

3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face

of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away

according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be

purged away according to the writing on the other side.

4 “I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will enter

the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by

My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it

with its timber and stones.”

5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me,

“Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.”

6 I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ephah going forth.” Again

he said, “This is their appearance in all the land

7 (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting

inside the ephah.”

8 Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the

middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.

9 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were

coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the

wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the

heavens.

10 I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking

the ephah?”

11 Then he said to me, “To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar;

and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”

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Chapter 5


Zechariah

Chapter 6



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NOW I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots

were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains

were bronze mountains.

2 With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black

horses,

3 with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong

dappled horses.

4 Then I spoke and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What

are these, my lord?”

5 The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going

forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,

6 with one of which the black horses are going forth to the north country;

and the white ones go forth after them, while the dappled ones go forth

to the south country.

7 “When the strong ones went out, they were eager to go to patrol the

earth.” And He said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.

8 Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are

going to the land of the north have appeased My wrath in the land of the

north.”

9 The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,

10 “Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah;

and you go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of

Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.

11 “Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown and set it on the head of

Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

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12 “Then say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Behold, a man whose

name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will

build the temple of the LORD.

13 “Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will

bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest

on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two

offices.” ’

14 “Now the crown will become a reminder in the temple of the LORD to

Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen the son of Zephaniah.

15 “Those who are far off will come and build the temple of the LORD.”

Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And it

will take place if you completely obey the LORD your God.

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IN the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to

Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.

2 Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their

men to seek the favor of the LORD,

3 speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts,

and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and

abstain, as I have done these many years?”

4 Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted

and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it

actually for Me that you fasted?

6 ‘When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not

drink for yourselves?

7 ‘Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former

prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its

cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’ ”

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying,

9 “Thus has the LORD of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice

kindness and compassion each to his brother;

10 and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor;

and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

11 “But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and

stopped their ears from hearing.

12 “They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law

and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through

the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of

hosts.

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13 “And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I

would not listen,” says the LORD of hosts;

14 “but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom

they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no

one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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THEN the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,

2 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes,

with great wrath I am jealous for her.’

3 “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst

of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the

mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’

4 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit

in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because

of age.

5 ‘And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in

its streets.’

6 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘If it is too difficult in the sight of the

remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too difficult in My

sight?’ declares the LORD of hosts.

7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people

from the land of the east and from the land of the west;

8 and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem;

and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and

righteousness.’

9 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are

listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets,

those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD

of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.

10 ‘For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for

animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace

because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.

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11 ‘But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former

days,’ declares the LORD of hosts.

12 ‘For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the

land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I

will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

13 ‘It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O

house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may

become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’

14 “For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to do harm to you

when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and

I have not relented,

15 so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to

the house of Judah. Do not fear!

16 ‘These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one

another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.

17 ‘Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do

not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the LORD.”

18 Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

19 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the

fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will

become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so

love truth and peace.’

20 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come,

even the inhabitants of many cities.

21 ‘The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to

entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will also

go.”

22 ‘So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of

hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.’

23 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the

nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for

we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”

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THE burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with

Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the

tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),

2 And Hamath also, which borders on it;

Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

3 For Tyre built herself a fortress

And piled up silver like dust,

And gold like the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her

And cast her wealth into the sea;

And she will be consumed with fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.

Gaza too will writhe in great pain;

Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.

Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will remove their blood from their mouth

And their detestable things from between their teeth.

Then they also will be a remnant for our God,

And be like a clan in Judah,

And Ekron like a Jebusite.

8 But I will camp around My house because of an army,

Because of him who passes by and returns;

And no oppressor will pass over them anymore,

For now I have seen with My eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

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Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

He is just and endowed with salvation,

Humble, and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

And the bow of war will be cut off.

And He will speak peace to the nations;

And His dominion will be from sea to sea,

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

11 As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you,

I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

12 Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;

This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

13 For I will bend Judah as My bow,

I will fill the bow with Ephraim.

And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece;

And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

14 Then the LORD will appear over them,

And His arrow will go forth like lightning;

And the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet,

And will march in the storm winds of the south.

15 The LORD of hosts will defend them.

And they will devour and trample on the sling stones;

And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine;

And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,

Drenched like the corners of the altar.

16 And the LORD their God will save them in that day

As the flock of His people;

For they are as the stones of a crown,

Sparkling in His land.

17 For what comeliness and beauty will be theirs!

Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

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ASK rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain—

The LORD who makes the storm clouds;

And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field

to each man.

2 For the teraphim speak iniquity,

And the diviners see lying visions

And tell false dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people wander like sheep,

They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

3 “My anger is kindled against the shepherds,

And I will punish the male goats;

For the LORD of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah,

And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.

4 “From them will come the cornerstone,

From them the tent peg,

From them the bow of battle,

From them every ruler, all of them together.

5 “They will be as mighty men,

Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;

And they will fight, for the LORD will be with them;

And the riders on horses will be put to shame.

6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah,

And I will save the house of Joseph,

And I will bring them back,

Because I have had compassion on them;

And they will be as though I had not rejected them,

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For I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.

7 “Ephraim will be like a mighty man,

And their heart will be glad as if from wine;

Indeed, their children will see it and be glad,

Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.

8 “I will whistle for them to gather them together,

For I have redeemed them;

And they will be as numerous as they were before.

9 “When I scatter them among the peoples,

They will remember Me in far countries,

And they with their children will live and come back.

10 “I will bring them back from the land of Egypt

And gather them from Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon

Until no room can be found for them.

11 “And they will pass through the sea of distress

And He will strike the waves in the sea,

So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

And the pride of Assyria will be brought down

And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 “And I will strengthen them in the LORD,

And in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

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Chapter 11



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OPEN your doors, O Lebanon,

That a fire may feed on your cedars.

2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,

Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;

Wail, O oaks of Bashan,

For the impenetrable forest has come down.

3 There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,

For their glory is ruined;

There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,

For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

4 Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

5 “Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those

who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich!’ And

their own shepherds have no pity on them.

6 “For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares

the LORD; “but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another’s

power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and

I will not deliver them from their power.”

7 So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the

flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the

other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

8 Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was

impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.

9 Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is

to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; and let those who are left eat one

another’s flesh.”

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10 I took my staff Favor and cut it in pieces, to break my covenant which I

had made with all the peoples.

11 So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who

were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.

12 I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not,

never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.

13 Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter, that magnificent

price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of

silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

14 Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood

between Judah and Israel.

15 The LORD said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment of a

foolish shepherd.

16 “For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not

care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the

one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their

hoofs.

17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd

Who leaves the flock!

A sword will be on his arm

And on his right eye!

His arm will be totally withered

And his right eye will be blind.”

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THE burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the

foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all

the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also

be against Judah.

3 “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone

for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the

nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

4 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with

bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will watch over the

house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

5 “Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘A strong support for

us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through the LORD of hosts, their

God.’

6 “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces

of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on

the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the

inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.

7 “The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the

house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be

magnified above Judah.

8 “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the

one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the

house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before

them.

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9 “And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come

against Jerusalem.

10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look

on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one

mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the

bitter weeping over a firstborn.

11 “In that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, like the

mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

12 “The land will mourn, every family by itself; the family of the house of

David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house

of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves;

13 the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves;

the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves;

14 all the families that remain, every family by itself and their wives by

themselves.

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Chapter 13



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“IN that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

2 “It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD of hosts, “that I will

cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be

remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit

from the land.

3 “And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave

birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you have spoken

falsely in the name of the LORD’; and his father and mother who gave

birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.

4 “Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be

ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a

hairy robe in order to deceive;

5 but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a

man sold me as a slave in my youth.’

6 “And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’

Then he will say, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my

friends.’

7 “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,

And against the man, My Associate,”

Declares the LORD of hosts.

“Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;

And I will turn My hand against the little ones.

8 “It will come about in all the land,”

Declares the LORD,

“That two parts in it will be cut off and perish;

But the third will be left in it.

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9 “And I will bring the third part through the fire,

Refine them as silver is refined,

And test them as gold is tested.

They will call on My name,

And I will answer them;

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’ ”

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Chapter 14



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BEHOLD, a day is coming for the LORD when the spoil taken from you

will be divided among you.

2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city

will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of

the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

3 Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He

fights on a day of battle.

4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front

of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its

middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the

mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.

5 You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the

mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before

the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my

God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!

6 In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle.

7 For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor

night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.

8 And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them

toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will

be in summer as well as in winter.

9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will

be the only one, and His name the only one.

10 All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of

Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from

Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate,

and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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11 People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem

will dwell in security.

12 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the

peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot

while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets,

and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

13 It will come about in that day that a great panic from the LORD will fall

on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one

will be lifted against the hand of another.

14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding

nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great

abundance.

15 So also like this plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the

camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps.

16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went

against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the

LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up

to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no

rain on them.

18 If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on

them; it will be the plague with which the LORD smites the nations who

do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the

nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

20 In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY

TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the LORD’S house will be

like the bowls before the altar.

21 Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD

of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in

them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD

of hosts in that day.

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